where the scoreline said easy win but it wasn't quite that straightforward for the british and irish lionsn in 11 tries in a 71—31 over sharks, but only after one game—changing incident. michael redford can tell us more. the sharks against the lions, three days on from their last match the lions were aiming for another straightforward win. complacency is a dangerous thing and just ask elliot davey. one mistake moments later he and his team—mates punished. the sharks only scored one try on wednesday, the two here inside 1a minutes. captainjamie inside 1a minutes. captain jamie george inside 1a minutes. captainjamie george drew them level but not for long. again the lines responded and again soon behind. eight tries in the first half, 26—26 at half—time. time for the sharks not to do anything silly but an elbow thrown and red card shown and the match changed and the sharks could not compete any more. 71—31 at the final score, next stop, cape town. england fly half marcus smith has been called up by the british and irish lions to act as cover for scotland's finn russell, who'll miss their nex

the british and irish lions�* have won their first game in south africa since 2009.p match by 56 points to 1a at an empty ellis park. joe lynskey reports. one of sport's great events starts in the silence. this lions tour of south africa is different. the players�* life in a bubble is the hotel and the pitch, but they are here. louis rees—zammit is the youngest lines since the 80s and now scored on his debut. this warm up match was this team has micro—opportunity. in the next three weeks, they played for their place. yet, scotland�*s ali price got his platform. his first lions tripe was one of eight they scored and wales�* josh adams got four of them. with speed like this, he will get more through the weeks. this is the start of the british and irish lions expected, at a stadium at altitude in a locked down city. the first test with south africa is later this month, but this year, just playing through to the end would be a victory. defending champion tadej pogacar has taken control of the tour de france. he�*s the new race leader after stage 8, almost two minutes ahe

all three tests between south africa and the british and irish lions will now be staged in cape town were originally set to take place in johannesburg. south africa have also confirmed their captain siya kolisi is fit enough to be in their starting 15 for the first test on saturday, after recovering from coronavirus. the lions team for the first test will be out later this week — anthony watson's one of the players hoping to be involved. you know, it's not always been spot on, but nothing ever is going to be like that. they have to get themselves the opportunity, and as i say that, i cannot do anything else now. it's in the hands of the coaches. you now, the square was absolutely tremendous, every single position has got some real quality. you know, numerous players that can play in a position. so, yeah, i have done what i can do, and ijust have to wait and see and hope for the best. i'm joined by our rugby union correspondent chris jones. what have south african rugby been saying about playing all three tests in cape town? some people had been sweating over kolisi's fitness in south

and away from the games, we'll have an update from cape town as the british and irish lions take on southnd who better to start with than adam peaty? the swimmer is one of britain's best hopes for gold in tokyo, and his games are under way. the world record holder and defending champion topped the timesheets on his way into the semi—finals of the ioo—metres breaststroke. fellow brit james wilby qualified in sixth place. well, peaty�*s looking to become the first british swimmer to retain an olympic title, but admitted the lack of fans was hard to get used to. a bit weird. very weird. one of the weirdest competitions i've been to, but it doesn't really matter. it's not a final. for me, it's just getting out there and pressure doesn't really exist for me. i'm accountable for my own actions. training it's the job done, accountable for my own actions. training it's thejob done, so i'm looking forward to improving in the semifinal. and peaty�*s semi—final is around 3.30am tomorrow morning. meanwhile, great britain's women comfortably made it through to the final of the a—by—ioo metre freestyle

this was the dominant start the british and irish lions expected.ocked down city. the first test with south africa is later this month, but this year, just playing through to the end would be a victory. defending champion tadej pogacar has taken the lead at the tour de france, while geraint thomas�* hopes of winning the yellowjersey are effectively over. the welshman finished stage eight in a group that was 35 minutes behind, and he�*s dropped to 45th place after struggling as the race hit the alps. but pogacar looks like the man to beat, he left his competitors behind in the mountains and now leads by almost two minutes. less than a day after signing a two year contract to continue racing for mercedes, lewis hamilton will be wondering whether he can stop max verstappen winning the formula one championship. for the second week in a row, the dutchman claimed pole position at the red bull ring in austria. he was almost beaten by britain�*s lando norris — who was just five hundredths of a second slower. hamilton could only manage fourth on the grid. en

the british and irish lions have been beaten by south africa in their second test match of the seriess came from behind to eventually overpower the tourists, in an impressive 27 points to 9 win. which perfectly sets up next week's series decider, as katie gornall reports. pride and pressure. it's what a lions tour is all about. with the series on the line, it was a question of who could harness the passion? defeat last week left the springboks ruling. it was clear they would not go out without a fight. the penalties racked up and so did the yellow cards. this sent duhan van der merwe to descend then before this. again, tempers flared. the springboks boss criticised referees this week and yet here was the calmest man on the pitch. finally some rugby broke out. three points down at half—time, south africa responded brilliantly with a try worthy of the world champions. they would sneak through again, did he have control? the referee decided he did. the momentum would stay with south africa. it's all square in this bruising series, this battle has one more round to go. perfectly set up no

and scotland captain stuart hogg will lead out a new look british and irish lions side, for their tourmirates lions on saturday. the match is the first of eight in south africa, finishing with three tests against the world champions. what a story at the tour de france today. mark cavendish continues to defy expectations. the manxman was only called up to race the tour five days before it started. on tuesday, he achieved his first win there in five years, and today, he did it again — in chateauroux, the same place where he won his first tour stage back in 2008. drew savage reports. whatever happened today, stage 6 was always going to be all about mark cavendish. 100 miles from the stage start and tour to the end, everyone was expecting a spring finish. thomas 12th overall and still recovering from his crash on monday. for him, and easy day before hitting the hills tomorrow on saturday. —— and saturday. since his win on tuesday, cavendish has worn the green. everybody knew what he was likely to do. it's just at the age of 36, the max missile is more rationally back up to talk speed. nobo

away from the olympics, the british and irish lions test series is under way in south africa, and whatat the boks by 22 points to 17 in cape town. so, a famous victory for the lions as they look to win a first series in south africa since 1997, as katie gornall reports. it's a game that many thought would never happen. covid and civil unrest has put us south africa close to breaking point. the lions run out in cape town and the springboks have plenty of emotional fuel. but what sets this fixture apart is physical. elliott daly was given an early taste of what was to come. this is big boys rugby. the lions look to muscle in but lacked discipline, leaving penalties or paul r to convert. but i have time, they trailed i2—3. after the break, the lions found their teeth —— at half—time. underthere lions found their teeth —— at half—time. under there somewhere to score. suddenly the game had been blown wide open. there was space at this time, it was south africa who pounce. but the swing of dan's boot swung the momentum. his kicks gave the lions the lead on the hour. while south africa tried

can south africa deny the british and irish lions first series win there since 1997?premiership is back with a bang, as rangers get the defence of their title off to the perfect start. good evening, welcome to sportsday. we're a week into the tokyo olympics and the action keeps coming thick and fast from japan. 21 gold medals were up for grabs today, but most eyes were firmly locked on tokyo's olympic stadium, and the final of the women's 100 meters. defending champion elaine thompson—herah ran the second—fastest time in history to succesfully defend her title. but it was disappointment for britain's dina asher smith, as injury brought an end to her bid, as natalie pirks reports. she sniffles. obviously, the competitor in me... this is for the start, we'll let it go. we'll let the start go and let me cry! the customary smile replaced with tears. the fastest woman in british history had been hiding a secret. dina asher—smith! just five weeks ago, she'd been told there was only a 2% chance she would make it to the start line, after a torn hamstring. elaine thompson—hera

news from the british and irish lions�* tour of south africa, and england flanker tom curry will makeh navidi will also make their debuts after being called up as replacements, and ireland's iain henderson will captain the side. the lions comfortably won their first match in south africa, thumping the sigma lions 56—14 on saturday. now, to the latest milestone forjames anderson — he's taken his ioooth first—class wicket. it came during a superb spell of bowling for lancashire against kent in the county championship. anderson claimed his best figures at old trafford — 7—19 — as kent were bowled out for 7h. and that's all the sport for now. from me and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello there, summer 2021 so far appears to have been feast or famine, whether it's sunshine or rain. when we have the rain, we really have had the rain. this was sunday in edinburgh. you can see almost two inches of rain fell in 2a hours. and that brought some disruption. we're still under an influence of low pressure. still producing some rain, but it does look as though things will quiet down a little late

to cape town, where the british and irish lions arejust moments away from wrapping up their final warm—up the first a0 minutes flipped it around. adam beard ran in unopposed to get the ball rolling before cowan—dickie and jonny hill got involved, as warren gatland�*s side finished the half in control. the visitors have added two tries in the second half, to extend their lead to 35—3 with just minutes remaining. the lions take on south africa in the first match of the series next saturday. at the moment it is actually 42—3 with minutes remaining. wales were well beaten by a strong argentina in their second test match. the visitors dominated throughout. pablo matera crashed over with the final try as it finished 33—11. wales coach wayne pivac had said he was without 27 players for this final game of the season because of injuries and lions�* commitments in south africa. time now for some of the day�*s other sports stories and we�*ll stay with rugby because noah lolesio kicked the winning penalty as australia beat france in a thrilling third rugby union test in brisbane. the wallabies, who p

we get reaction from british and irish lion alun wynjones. welcome to the programme. games just keep on delivering. this woman has become the first ever british female to win an olympic canoe slalom silver. mallory franklin trained at the lee valley white water centre, which was built for london 2012 — and today, she fulfilled her dream of winning an olympic medal herself. drew savage has the story. one giant leap into british canoeing history, which began by beating the stress on the start line. had a moment where i was like, "this is actually really cool. "i wouldn't want to be anywhere else right now." the camera was like panning round me and i caught a glimpse and smiled at it. it's just really cool. cheered on by friends and family back at london's lee valley white water centre, franklin was at home straightaway, in her first olympic final. she's looking solid not taking any risks at all. fastest at the first time check, although not quite perfect further down. there's a touch on 15, that's costly for franklin. but even a two—second penalty couldn't slow her down

shoulder would rule many of us out of work — especially if that was work was for the british and irish lionsd set to miss the tour after suffering the injury last saturday. however, he now has his sights set on what's being described as a "miracle recovery" and could make a return! the lions play theirfirst warm up match of the tour tomorrow. obviously it's a big blow, no doubt. he's a player, and obviously where very close. he's a class act in everything he does. if we can get them back in anyway shape or form, that be awesome. i'm not sure about that, to be honest, but again, you know, if someone of that calibre becomes available again and he's able to represent us, yeah, it's a no—brainer, i would say. slovenia's matej mohoric has won stage seven of the tour de france, while mattyew van der pole retained the overall lead. at 154 miles, it was the longest stage for 21 years. britain's mark cavendish claimed more sprinting points to stay in the greenjersey. mohoric won by more than a minute to claim his first tour win. britain's geraint thomas finished in the main group, slipping a place to

cut—off time keeping alive his hopes of equalling the record of 3a stage wins tomorrow. 8 british and irish lionssolating after one of the management team tested positive for covid—19. their latest tour match against the natal sharks looked like it might be injeapordy, but the match will go ahead tonight. that kicks off at 7pm. and the ecb have confirmed that all of the england squad and their staff have tested negative for covid—19, ahead of their 0di series against pakistan which starts tomorrow. ben stokes will captain the make—shift team after the original squad were forced into isolation after a covid outbreak in the camp. well now it's time to head back to wembley, where the countdown to england against denmark continues. yeah, we are getting closer, and ten minutes before the second of these euro semi finals, england against denmark. italy of course waiting for the winner of this one after that penalty shoot—out against spain last night. what a final it's going to be, whoever gets through tonight, and let's be honest, shall be, if england were not playing tonight, i think we would all be,

news from the british and irish lions' tour of south africa.first appearance for the side against the sharks injohannesburg on wednesday. wales lock adam beard and back rowjosh navidi will also make their debuts after being called up as replacements, and ireland's iain henderson will captain the side. the lions comfortably won their first match, thumping the sigma lions 56—14 on saturday. meanwhile, the springboks are in isolation for the second time in eight days. they suspended training after lood dejager, the sale sharks player, tested positive for covid—19, and that puts their game against georgia on friday in doubt. geraint thomas has decided to continue to ride in the tour de france when it resumes tomorrow after a rest day. he had been contemplating quitting after losing more than 35 minutes on saturday's mountainous stage. it's been a tough race for thomas, who dislocated his shoulder in a crash on stage three. it's been more enjoyable for mark cavendish, who was a late call—up for the race, won his first stage in five years on tuesday,

south african rugby has announced this afternoon that all 3 tests against the british and irish lionso be in the city, with the next two taking place injohannesburg. however, after significant covid—related interruptions throughout the tour, south african rugby says leaving the current bio—secure environments, would expose the series to renewed risk. meanwhile, south africa have named their team for saturday's first test and captain siya kolisi is back, after recovering from covid—19. the 2019 world cup winning captain only rejoined the squad yesterday after 10 days in isolation. the side includes 11 players who started the world cup final. it's important to get off a good start 100% against these guys. and we showed in the first, and that south africa a game, even, that, you know, if you get off to a bad start, it's difficult to come back. that's the kind of, on a smaller scale, when you look at the entire series as a whole, how important it is to try and get off to a good start not only in the game, but in the series. just three days out from the official start of the olympics, the

british and irish lions captain alun wyn jones is fit for saturday's first test match against south africaute in the lions' final warm—up game on saturday — just three weeks after dislocating his shoulder. and afterfour years in charge of edinburgh, richard cockerill has left as head coach. the club lost ten of their 16 league matches last season and said they allowed cockerill to leave and pursue other opportunities. this football season is one shrewsbury town manager steve cotterill is probably looking forward to more than most. the 56—year—old had two spells in hospital after catching covid and feared he might die. last week he was back on the touchline for the first time in seven months for a preseason friendly against telford. in his first tv interview since his return he told our reporter simon stone about his ordeal. if you look at me in the last six months, i have probably cried more in six months, and i don't cry all the time, you know, when we get to these moments can you think, i will remember that, these moments can you think, i will rememberthat, it these moments can you think

the british and irish lions' tour match against the vodacom bulls on saturday has been postponed becausef the management team returned positive covid tests. 0rganisers say they are looking to reschedule the game or provide another opponent. meanwhile, south africa's second test against georgia on friday is also being reviewed, after a number of players from both camps returned positive tests. england have been forced to select a completely new team ahead of their one—day series against pakistan after a coronavirus outbreak forced the entire squad into isolation. three players and four management staff tested positive, so 18 replacements have been called up to replace them. ben stokes returns to captain the side. chris silverwood is back as head coach. the first one day match is set to take place on thursday in cardiff. and that's all the sport for now. from me and the rest of the team, bye—bye. well, i think the weather's going to be a little bit better tomorrow. certainly quite a few showers around today, and earlier on, some really quite heavy rain with strong winds in southern areas o

i'm tulsen tollett and this is your sports news and we start with rugby union where the british & irish lionsh africa �*a' side beat them 17—13 in cape town. tries from wing sbu nkosi and this one from centre lukhanyo am had helped put the hosts 17—3 ahead by half time. and although wyn jones went over for the lions early in the second half, south africa a held on for the win despite being down to 13 men after two yellow cards. 0ne better piece of news for the lions is that alun wynjones is re—joining the squad, despite dislocating his shoulder just over two weeks ago. he's flying out to south africa tomorrow to rejoin the team but won't take part in saturday's match against the stormers. head coach warren gatland says he's coming back to be considered for the tests, and notjust to be behind the scenes. england's women cricketers have won their multi format series against india after an eight wicket victory in their final t20 match. india won the toss and chose to bat — opener smiriti mandhana top scoring with 70 as they finished on 153 for six and in response an unbeaten 89 from dani wyatt s

alun wynjones will captain the british and irish lions, for the first test against south africa on saturdaymeans he'll become the first player in the professional era to win 10 successive test caps for the lions. it's a side that has three scottish players for the first time in 2a years. head coach warren gatland is confident in the players he's chosen for the match in cape town. we feel like we are in a good place and some players that the coaches but had in their starting 15 to to make the 23 because looking at the combinations on the bench and experience, ijust need to reiterate just how important, it's notjust a starting 15 but the guys coming off the bench i can have a significant impact. and they need to have an impact. and they need to have an impact coming off the bench for us. former winner gary anderson has been knocked out of the world matchplay darts by england's nathan aspinall. the scot who was 2018 champion here, and is also a two—time former world champion was beaten 11—9 in blackpool as aspinall looks to add to his sole victory at the uk championship two years ago. everythi

the british and irish lions have been assured that the officials overseeing tomorrow's first test againstll be completely neutral. coach warren gatland was furious that south african mariusjonker had been appointed as tmo, in place of new zealand's brendon pickerill, who withdraw due to coronavirus—related travel issues. forwards coach robbie mcbryde says they've talked it through and they're happy there'll be no bias in cape town — and on the back of a brutal training session with the full squad, they're ready for what's to come. the experience of 12 years ago, when he was out here, and the level of intensity that they call in that first test. so he's making sure that we don't fall in that trap again, really. so as much as we can take a lot of positives from that a game, we do know that there is another level in the springboks. but we know there's another level, as well. capable of reaching speeds of up to 174 mph, the electric cars of formula e racing are making a belated return to the uk this weekend. last year's race was cancelled because of the pandemic. the sport is back in london f

the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland believes that the test series against south africa squads, with little over two weeks to go until the first test match. the lions' tour game against the bulls on saturday was cancelled earlier this week, but they're hopeful of playing the sharks again, who they comfortably beat 54—7 last night. i honestly believe that we will have the test series and you get a case and, if was but beforehand it was not about, our medic said being in south africa we will get a case or two that shows how we deal with that. so the players have been incredibly vigilant and we have got some time in the next couple of weeks to hopefully get everyone all right so we can have a good test series. and that's definitely what we have been trying to do. this weekend, formula e returns to new york for the first time since the pandemic began, for a double—header e—prix. the circuit winds its way through the streets of brooklyn and venturi team principal susie wolff told me that the iconic venues, are a big part of why formula e, is a sport on the rise. a key part of

british and irish lions head coach warren gatland has rejected calls from the springboks to play the the one that beat the sharks last time out as the tour continues to be hit by covid issues. the first test is due to be played in cape town on the 24thjuly. the former 0pen winner — zachjohnson — is the latest player to pull out of this week's championship, after testing positive for covid—19. johnson won the event in 2015 and follows south african louis de jager and masters champion hideki matsuyama in withdrawing because of a positive test. bubba watson is also missing out after a close contact tested positive. the open begins this thursday at royal st george's in kent. if you had told us this time last year that we would still be sitting here socially distanced, wearing masks and doing all of that stuff with not 100% capacity and living in a bubble, you would have kind of laughed at someone. but you just have to mind yourself. i'm not saying zach did not mind himself, because he probably did and he probably got it somewhere stupid, but that's the nature of the world we live in at t

in rugby union, british and irish lions head coach warren gatland has made three changes to their line—upnch to make way for ireland's conor murray to come into the side. prop mako vunipola replaces rory sutherland, and centre chris harris will start instead of elliot daly. number eight taulupe faletau is on the bench after missing out on the first test altogether. the lions came from behind to win the series opener 22—17. you want them to build on that first test performance cos you think the cohesion with the combinations and them playing that first game that they'll get better as well, so it'sjust that they'll get better as well, so it's just as well, so it's just trying to get that balance with what we've achieved. not making too many changes, butjust picking what we think is the best team that can do a job on said day. manchester united have continued their summer spending spree by signing real madrid defender raphael varane. an initialfee of around £34 million pounds has been agreed, potentially rising to 42 million with add—ons. varane won four champions league titles with real alo

alun wynjones has been named amongst the replacements for the british & irish lions' final warm up gamecus smith also starts after only being called up at the weekend. it's the return of tour captainjones though that's quite remarkable. he's only flying out to south africa today, after recovering from a dislocated shoulder 18 days ago, in their warm—up game againstjapan. and head coach warren gatland's confirmed he's in contentinent for the first test a week on saturday. we feel if he is going to put himself in potentially needs 20 minutes so we had that conversation with him about, he travelled in a ride today. but you know, if he's in contention for next week you need to have around. we need to head out for him. that is why we wanted him to have everything open for other players that have been doubling up a bit so they get an opportunity to freshen up. hat bit so they get an opportunity to freshen oo—

conor murray will lead the british and irish lions for the first time when they take on south africa the sharks on saturday. the match goes ahead despite a covid outbreak in the springboks' camp. and the masters champion hideki matsuyama has withdrawn from the open championship at royal st george's after returning a positive coronavirus test. matsuyama has been replaced in the year's final major, which begins on thursday, by the american harold varner iii. there will be new cricket county champions this season. current holders essex have been forced to abandon their current match because one of the opposition, derbyshire, tested positive for covid. other squad members have been identified as close contacts and the players are now self—isolating. essex needed a victory in the match in derby to keep alive their hopes of finishing in the top two in their group and progressing in the competition. they had got themselves into a strong position after the first day, only for the positive case to force abandonment before day two. now, he was the tournament favourite from start to finish, and

eight british and irish lions are isolating after a player and member of the management team tested positivedams now has seven in two games on the tour so far. so, great form from the whales swinger. and jack kenningham has withdrawn from the england squad after being contacted and advised to isolate by the nhs covid app. a staff member has also gone into isolation. england play canada at twickenham stadium on saturday. the ecb have confirmed that all of the england squad and their staff have tested negative for covid—19, ahead of their odi series against pakistan which starts tomorrow. ben stokes will captain the make—shift team after the original squad were forced into isolation after a covid outbreak in the camp. the side could feature up to nine debutants. tadey pogacia has increased his lead at the tour de france to more than five minutes. the slovenian finished fourth on stage 11, which was won by belgium's wout van art. britain's mark cavendish in the green jersey finished before the cut off time keeping alive his hopes of equalling the record of 3a stage wins tomorrow. and that's all

record—breaker — why alan wynjones will make history when he returns to captain the british and irish lionsst against south africa on saturday. and we'll be live at the oval, where cricket's newer, shorter, faster format — the hundred — hasjust got underway. welcome along, thanks forjoining us. the wait is finally over — some events at the tokyo olympics are underway, including the women's football where great britain won their opening match in sapporo. manchester city's ellen white got both the goals against chile, putting gb in the driving seat in a group that also includes the hosts japan and canada. our sports correspondent andy swiss was watching. after a ll after all the preparations and of course eight year's postponement, it was finally time. two days before the games officially kick off, team ndiaye beat�*s footballers were doing so against chile at an empty stadium. first of the moment of olympic history as both teams took the knee. the ioc have changed their rules to allow athletes to do so. the british team have high metal hopes in the football and they were soon showing why. el

. | away from the olympics, the british and irish lions face south africa in the second test on saturdayn hour—long monologue on social media where he severely criticises the refereeing in last weekend's series opener, which the lions won by 22—17. he said he wanted to make sure his side got an "equal chance" in the next game. among his complaints, he said the referee didn't give the south africa players the same level of respect as the visitors. lions captain alun wyn jones doesn't agree. in the heat of the moment, it didn't really have any... felt we had any advantage, because a lot of times, we were standing next to the refs when he was speaking to them, so an outside perception, i can't really comment on. it's difficult for players at the speed of the games going, you know, the ball in play, and i think sometimes the referees have the hardestjob in the game being in the middle of all of that. catalans dragons recorded their 11th straight super league win with a 40—20 victory over wakefield trinity. dragons are still top of the table. also this evening, leeds rhinos improved their pla

let's move on to rugby union and there's some great news today for the british and irish lions todayfollowing his dislocated shoulder last month. well earlier i spoke to our rugby union reporter sara orchard who explained just how remarkable his come back is. it's just 18 days and see stuff that this location and the warm—up match with japan. many thought his door was over, murray was named as the test captain and his place. he's resumed training with wales the last week and following that return to training only this morning medical staff had passed him fit to return for that we understand he's going out thursday and this is going to create a huge buzz around the lions. no doubt will really increase pressure for places on the test sites. of course that first task will be under way a week on saturday. will be under way a week on saturday-— will be under way a week on saturda . , ., , , , , saturday. obviously, the first is not for little _ saturday. obviously, the first is not for little while. _ saturday. obviously, the first is not for little while. tonight - not for little while.

shoulder would rule many of us out of work — especially if that was work was for the british and irish lionsd lions captain — looked set to miss the tour after suffering the injury last saturday. however, he now has his sights set on what's being described as a �*miracle recovery�*, and could make a return! the lions play their first warm—up match of the tour tomorrow. obviously, it's a big blow. he's a world-class _ obviously, it's a big blow. he's a world—class player. obviously, the liensm _ world—class player. obviously, the liensm get— world—class player. obviously, the liens... get back in shape or form would _ liens... get back in shape or form would be — liens... get back in shape or form would be awesome. if he's able to represent — would be awesome. if he's able to represent us, that's a no—brainer. slovenia's mattey moritch has won stage seven of the tour de france, while mattiuw van der pole retained the overall lead. at 154 miles, it was the longest stage for 21 years. britain's mark cavendish claimed more sprinting points to stay in the greenjersey. moritch won by more than a m

the british and irish lions got off to a winning start in the opening test against south africa in cape different story in the second half with the lions controlling territory. four penalties and a try saw the lions win 22—17. the second test takes place next saturday. uk army bomb disposal experts have safely detonated a second world war bomb, which was found during the construction of a new housing estate in east yorkshire. part of the m62 motorway has had to be shut near goole for a controlled explosion to be carried out. jake zuckerman reports. there you go. the moment a live world war ii bomb was detonated on the outskirts of goole. this was the device dug up by workers building a new housing estate in the town. bomb disposal experts spent yesterday and much of today preparing for the controlled explosion, and for motorists, it was the cause of much frustration. the m62 which passes right next to the site was closed in both directions, as police cordoned off the area. it led to traffic chaos across large parts of east yorkshire. i live in doncaster, i'm working today in hull royal

the british and irish lions rugby to south africa is in jeopardy of the code. 19 cases were reported in both camps. first, south africa council, they will map test against georgia because of 12 infections among plays and management stuff for the full cases reported by the georgians. and then the lions announced 2 of the players are isolating off the one of the management team says the positive the rest of the touring party has been p. c or tasted. and if they come back positive, tonight's to match against the shocks is likely to be called off. well then, another chunk of which is moved into the wimbledon semi final, the, the chases, the record equaling 20th. the grand slam title. the 3rd with up against hungry, the martin fish, which on since the cold joke of which winning in straight fits here, 63646 for mixed up for the top feed is the final full fixture against canadian. dennis ship of the with italy coach a bertha mancini has warned the players that the job is not over yet of the beat spain to reach the final bureaus. it was a threatening semi final match up at london's wembley s

south africa have named their team for saturday's first test match against the british and irish lionsis back after recovering from covid—19. the 2019 world cup—winning captain only rejoined the squad yesterday after ten days in isolation. the side includes 11 players who started the world cup final with fly—half handre pollard set to win his 50th cap. elswhere, a premier league footballer has been arrested on suspicion of child sex offences. the 31—year—old man, who has not been named for legal reasons, was detained on friday by greater manchester police. in a statement, the player's club confirmed he had been suspended and added it would "continue supporting the authorities with inquiries and would not be commenting further." the footballer has since been bailed pending further inquiries. a capacity crowd is expected at emirates old trafford tonight for england's decisive third t20 international against pakistan. full crowds are now allowed back at sporting events after restrictions were lifted in england yesterday. and the chief executive of lancashire cricket club, daniel gidney to

in 16 years, the british irish lions rugby team have won the opening test against south africa. it was a world champion spring box who started strongest in cape town and the $12.00 point to $3.00 whole time. the fact came the lions in the 2nd half and try from luke cowan, vicky help the cure 20 to 17 victory. they'll be from us because they're incredibly proud nation and will champions and say next week is going to be even bigger and tougher. i would expect that from a point of view when the 1st one and you know, you're going to no matter what happens again to the last weekend of the series. so you know that kids have a one engaged in and really interested in. all right, that's all you for now, i have more for you later. thanks very much, joe. and you have been watching me out. is there a new with me? hello rahman john, gosh ross, probably about the more news i'll be able to find the break until it takes time at your company. ah! on counting the cost, the on the tourism, the world's richest man, making a grab to control access to the trillion dollars space industry. taos, the ne

british and irish lions will play at five o'clock. a player has been ruled out.. no denying it has hampered preparations ahead of that first match. southern graves women have defeated trent rockets. they set rockets... brilliant figures there. that is all your support for now. plenty more on the website, including all of the later tests olympics news. more on the next hour. thank you. let's get more now on the missing 11—year—old girl fatuma kadir who left her home in bolton, on thursday, and arrived in london in the early hours of friday. what more can you tell as about what you know happened? what we do know is that this was a complex journey, especially what we do know is that this was a complexjourney, especially for what we do know is that this was a complex journey, especially for an 11—year—old who had never really travelled on her own before. she took a series of trains, from bolton, to manchester, to birmingham, finally on to london, where she arrived in the early hours of friday morning. police say they are urgently looking for a couple who seemed to ha

south africa beating the british and irish lions by 27—9 and at the second test match in cape town. at 1-1 the series increasingly poised at 1—1 going into the deciding test next saturday. pakistan had beating the west indies by seven runs in their second t20 international in guyana. west indies made 157—8 from their 20 overs. guyana. west indies made 157—8 from their20 overs. ? nicholas guyana. west indies made 157—8 from their 20 overs. ? nicholas pooran, top scoring with 62. pakistan lead the four match series one nil. that is all the spot for now. president erdogan has visited southern turkey to inspect efforts to fight dozens of wildfires that have now killed six people. he pledged financial support for the affected areas, and said most of the fires, which broke out on wednesday, were now under control. at least four people have died and dozens have been taken to hospital. the bbc�*s esra yalcinalp has more. didn't hasjust didn't has just declared disaster areas, meaning £4.2 of funding will be available for recovery efforts. on top of that, there will be interest free loan opp

british and irish lions' first game in south africa since 2009 is nearing conclusion.ries from louis rees—zammit, hamish watson, ali price and four from josh adams. there's only a few minutes left to go in that one. there were no problems for wales as they eased past canada. they ran in ten tries in a 68—12 win — jonah holmes with the last of them. he scored twice, as did taine basham and tomos williams. ireland came out on top, after a thrilling nine—try encounter against japan. the lead changed hands eight times during the match but ireland's fifth and final try from jacob stockdale here, secured a 39—31win in dublin. india women are chasing 220 in their third one day international against england in worcester. india won the toss and put england into bat in a match reduced to 47 overs a side because of bad weather. england finished on 219 all out — nat sciver top scoring with 49. india need 55 runs from 42 balls to win. england lead the multi—format series 6—2 on points, with two points up for grabs today. defending champion tadej pogacar has taken control of the tou

there's been plenty happening away from the olympics — in cape town, the british and irish lions lostnd pressure is what a lions tour is all about, with the series on the line it was a question of which team could harness that passion. defeat last week left the springboks wounded. early on it was clear they would not go down without a fight. the penalties racked up, so to the yellow cards, this kick sent duhan van der merwe out the sin—bin before south africa boss mike cheslin kolbe flew in to join him, again tempers flared. the springboks boss had criticised referees this week but one man in the middle kept his cool. finally some rugby broke out. three points down at half—time, south africa responded brilliantly, mapimpi with a try, worthy of the world champions. they would sneak through again on the hour, am was quick but did he have control? the referee decided he did. and momentum would stay with south africa until the final kick. the would stay with south africa until the final kick.— the final kick. the players are obviously _ the final kick. the players are obviously very _ the

alun wynnjones has been named amongst the replacements for the british & irish lions�* final warm upr captain will have only been in the country a couple of days after making a remarkable comeback from dislocating his shoulder in the japan match less than 3 weeks ago. well last night the lions suffered their first defeat of the tour losing to a very strong south africa a team which included several of the springboks�* world cup winning squad as they were short of match practice after a covid outbreak... and the hosts dominated in cape town — leading the first half 17—3. the lions did score a try for the lions early in the second half but south africa "a" held on for the win, despite being down to 13 men after two yellow cards. it finished 17—13. the first test is a week saturday. differently one that we needed to. we will take a lot of tonight and it will be good for us, sort of building the next team days for the first test. goes to show i think these test matches will be a real arm wrestle and that what was this evening, it was as close to a test match as you�*re going to get. the

and the british and irish lions rugby team have won the opening test against south africa. it was the world champion spring box who started strongest in cape town and led $12.00 point to $3.00 at half time. but back came the lions in the 2nd half and a try from loop kellen did he help secure a 2217 victory. the 2nd of 3 test is coming up next saturday though be it from us because they're incredibly proud nation and will champions and say next week's going to be even bigger and tougher. i would expect that from the point of view, it's when the 1st one and you know, you're going to no matter what happens again to the last week in the, of the series. so you know that kids have a one engaged in and, and really interested in. all right, more thought coming up later for me and say, hey, i know that you've been enjoying the picks really have a fairly to watch the the skate boarding, i'm not quite sure. mccants thought that i was almost been bike. they watching tele, they left every minutes of it. excellent. so we will have more news on both votes, news or the other side of the bre

the british and irish lions got off to a winning start in the opening test against south africa in capetory. four penalties and a try saw the lions win 22—17. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear good evening. the weather story is on the change, and we've seen signs of that today with some contrasting conditions out there. yes, there were early morning thunderstorms across southern england, and then those eased to a legacy of cloud for much of the day. further north and west, we've had some beautiful sunshine, and yet again, some warmth — not the extreme warmth, but 25 celsius. that's 77 fahrenheit. it looks likely that we see that north—south divide through the night with clearer skies to the north—west. but low pressure really dominating the story over the next few days, and that could trigger off further thundery downpours overnight tonight for southern england and for south wales, and that'll continue into the early hours of sunday morning. so, at risk, then, of some showers here. there'll be quite a lot of cloud as well spilling in off

the british and irish lions rugby to south africa is in jeopardy of the coven. 19 cases were reported in both camps 1st, so africa cancelled a woman faced against georgia because of 12 infections among plays and management stuff. a sort of 4 cases reported by the georgians and then the lions announced 2 of the players are isolating off the one of the management team says to positives, the rest of the touring party has been p c or tested. and if they come back positive tonight to match against the shocks and likely to be called off the who's italy coach or bertha mancini has worn these plays, that the job is not over yet of the beat spain to reach the final of the euros. it was a thrilling, semi vital match up at london's wembley stadium. despite spain dominating position . it was italy who school 1st on the counter attack, refitted eco t, a 10 minutes left, substitute equalize the same issue the extra time. and then penalty was one of the spanish press myths in the shootout which open the door for joe junior to win it for italy. and he did it for the, for the final, for the full. so i

south africa a held off a british and irish lions comeback to win their match 17—13 in cape town. players to the sin bin just prior to half time. wyn jones scores after the break but it proved to be in vain as the lions lost their first match of the tour, with the three test series set to start on the 24th ofjuly at the same venue. it looks like lionel messi is staying at barcelona but with a huge 50% pay cut — providing enough players it are sold to fund the deal. the 34—year—old who just won the copa america with argentina became a free agent at the end ofjune and is understood to have agreed to sign a new 5—year contract. england's women cricketers have won their multi format series against india after an 8 wicket victory in theirfinal t20 match. india won the toss and chose to bat — opener smiriti mandhana top scoring with 70 as they finished on 153 for 6. and in response an unbeaten 89 from dani wyatt saw her side over the line with 8 balls remaining as they scored a 10 points to 6 win. i was pleased with the way it went tonight. it is a nice wicked. balls were bowled well an

has tested positive for coronavirus just two weeks before the first test against the british and irish lionsf south africa players will return to training on sunday after six days of isolation. the three—test series against the lions starts from the 24th ofjuly. that's all the sport for now. japan's capital, tokyo, in under another state of emergency after a recent surge in coronavirus cases. it'll be in place until 22nd august, covering the entire duration of the olympic games, which are scheduled to start of 23rd july. mariko 0i reports. with less than two weeks before the start of the olympics, tokyo is once again under a state of emergency. bars and restaurants are asked not to serve alcohol, and shops are closing early. it's not a strict locked down, and there are no penalties, so how effective it will be remains to be seen. but businesses will face yet another blow to their bottom line. and after spending some $25 billion in preparation for the olympics, the japanese government will likely not see any financial benefits from tourism or ticket sales after deciding not to allow any fans

a moment of magic helps south africa a sink the british and irish lions in cape town. good evening.'s popular holiday islands, ibiza, majorca and menorca, are all being moved onto the government's amber list, just two weeks after they were approved for quarantine—free travel. from next monday, anyone over 18 who's not fully vaccinated will have to quarantine on return home. the announcement applies at the moment only to people travelling from england, but other uk nations could follow suit. around 200,000 british tourists are understood to be holidaying on the islands now, with many more booked to travel there over the summer. let's go to our correspondent, colletta smith, who's at manchester airport for us now. those balearic islands of ibiza, majorca and menorca are really popular with young people always, and lots of them have been unable to get their second vaccination yet, which puts them in a difficult conundrum if they have a holiday already booked for this summer. they have to decide if they can quarantine, if that's possible or feasible for them, or whether they postpone or

the british and irish lions will play the first of their three tests against south africa in around 45een ruled out — because of a shoulder injury. scotland's rory sutherland will start in his place. lions head coach warren gatland is confident though, thatjones will be back in training next week... but there's no denying it's hampered their preparations. to the hundred where southern brave's women have begun their tournament with a win — beating the trent rockets by 23 runs. southern brave batted first — stefanie taylor topscoring with 45 off 31 balls as they set the rockets 134 to win. in reply, the rockets could only reach 110 for 7 — as captain anya shrubshole finished with four wickets for just 13 runs. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. high levels of cholesterol in middle—aged people could be linked to an increased risk of developing dementia. in what's thought to be one of the biggest studies of its kind, researchers say it's the strongest evidence yet of the relationship between the two. the team found a link between a type of cholesterol ca

eight british and irish lions are isolating after a player and member of the management team tested positived because of covid—19 cases in the hosts' camp. on the field for the lions though, it was business as usual as they geared up for the test series by beating the sharks in johannesburg. duhan van der merwe and josh adams ran in three tries each in the 54—7 win. wales winger adams now has eight in three games on the tour so far. to the tour de france. and after two trips up mont ventoux on stage 11, the peloton gets a bit of a break with a 159km flat stage from saint paul trois chateaux to nimes. tadej pogacar strenghtened his grip on the yellowjersey, winning wednesday's stage and increased his lead to more than five minutes. the slovenian finished fourth on stage 11, which was won by belgium's wout van aert. britain's mark cavendish in the green jersey finished before the cut off time keeping alive his hopes of equalling eddy merckx record of 34 stage wins. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport team, goodbye.

been forced to take such measures during the build—up to the test series against the british and irish lionsn tuesday with the stage 10 taking the riders out of the alps down to the slopes of the rhone valley into valence. tadej pogaca will start the day in the race leader's yellow jersey after winning stage 8 mark cavendish will be hoping to add to his tally of sprint wins as the race heads closer to paris, while the rest of the field will be hoping that the second week is less eventful than the first. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. let's talk about what was cancelled in 2020, the cancelled in 2020, the cancelled festival will be having its opening ceremony. coronavirus played havoc in the film industry but as tom brooke reports, cannes is back. this year's one film festival will be a little different. tonight, you have a very particular niche, if i've got it right. particular niche, if i've got it riuht. , ., particular niche, if i've got itriuht. , . , it right. this man has been hostin: it